Necktie-support.



F. M. WADSWORTH.

NEGKTIE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED D20. 20, 1909.

Patented 0015.3,1911.

- urn srans FRANK MILFORD WADSWORTH, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNORTO HIBAM D. WOOD, JR, AND THEODORE J. BUERGER, BOTH 0F MINNEAPOLIS,MINNESOTA.

NECKTIE-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 20, 1909. Serial No. 534,053.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK MILFORD Wnnswonrrr, a citizen of the UnitedStates,

residing at' Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented a certain new,and useful Improvement inNecktie-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to supports for neck-. ties, and has for its objectthe production of a device that will aid the wearer of the necktie informing a knot and will afterward serve to maintain the knot and holdthe necktie in its proper place on the collar.

The improved su port consists essentially of a short tubular ody,preferably of thin sheet-metal, having a lip depending from the top ofthe front side.

is a front view and Fi 3 a rear view of the supporter; Fig. 4 1s acentral vertical section of the same on theline a2a: of Fig. 2. Fig. 5is a transverse section on the line 22 of Fig. 3. And Fig. 6 is a planview of the device.

The, device consists of a tubular body, designated 1, formed of thin butstiff sheetmetal or other suitable material. This body is shown astapering somewhat from top to bottom and elliptical in cross-section,and such is the preferred shape, but it may be of equal diameterthroughout and round, or of other suitable shape, if desired. A lip 2 isformed or secured at the upper front edge of the tube and bent down toposition practically parallel with the side of the tube.

end (the narrower end, if the tie is of the four-in-hand kind) is passeddownwardly through the tube a proper distance. If the end of the tiedoes not freely pass through the tube access to it through the slot 3may be had to aid in pushing it onward. Then, after the tie has beenplaced around thecollar, the free portion is passed across the front ofthe support between it and the lip or hook 2, which prevents it fromslipping upward, and then folded around the support and the free endpassed through the loop downwardly in the usual way to form a knot, andthe ends are then pulled to tighten the knot as much as desired. Tlmanner of tying the knot is the usual one, the support aiding in makingthe knot Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

smooth and regular, and afterward serving to hold the tie up to itsplace and preventing the knot from loosening. It should be understood,of course, that after the knot is formed the supporting device isentirely covered and hidden by the folds of the knot. Having describedmy inventiongwhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1.A necktie support comprising a tubular body having a longitudinal slotin rear .portion and a hook provided on its upper front portion, saidsupport being formed of a single piece of metal and being separable fromand formed independently of the tie with which it is to be used.

2. A necktie support comprising a tapering tubular body having a diamondshaped closed longitudinal slot in its rear portion and a hook providedon its upper front portion, said support being formed of a single pieceof metal and being separable from and formed independently of the tiewith which it is to be used.

In testimony whereof; Ihave signed my name to this specification in thepres ce of two subscribin'gwitnesses this 19th ay of November, 1909.

FRANK MILFORD wlnswoani.

